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Adelaide Thunderbirds
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Suncorp Super Netball

Natalie Bode (née von Bertouch on 16 December 1982) is a former Australian Super Netball player, and captain from 2010 to 2013. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Bode was a member of the Australian national Super Netball team, and the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the ANZ Championship. Bode was a centre court player, playing predominantly as Centre.

Super Netball career
Bode made her international debut for Australia in 2004. In November 2007, Bode played an important role in Australia's World Championship victory. Over the past two years she won numerous awards as player of the match in international fixtures, and was rated by many fans as the best centre in the world. At 25 years of age, Bode was touted as future leadership material for the Australian team. On 1 July 2008, she was named the new vice-captain of the Australian Super Netball team alongside captain Sharelle McMahon.

In 2010 as Co-Captain on the Adelaide Thunderbirds along with Mo'onia Gerrard Bode lead her side to an ANZ Championship title with victory over the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic. On 9 August 2010, Bode played her 50th international for the Diamonds against Jamaica as acting captain, with Sharelle McMahon unable to play due to injury. Later that year Bode won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. In early 2011 Bode replaced long standing Australian captain Sharelle McMahon after McMahon suffered a rupture of the Achilles tendon, Bode went on to lead the Australian team to a gold medal at the 2011 World Super Netball Championships with a one-goal victory over New Zealand, 58–57 in extra time.

In 2013, she once again lead the Adelaide Thunderbirds to an ANZ Championship title, and then retired from domestic and international Super Netball, as the only ANZ Championship captain with two premierships.

Awards
Player of the Match, deciding game of the Trans-Tasman series 2006
Player of the Series – Holden test series, July 2007
Margaret Pewtress Team of the Year 2005, 2006, 2007 (Centre position)
South Australia awards: Tanya Denver Medal and Advertiser Player of the Year 2005
ANZ Championship Player of the year 2009 (21 votes and countback)
Liz Ellis Diamond Award 2010
She was selected as one of the entrants to the Who's Who in Australia 2012 edition